A little background

I'm starting this blog to get myself to write down all of my startup ideas. My tentative plan is to crank out an idea a week, hence Startup52.

If you think it's odd to publicly post my startup ideas, it is. I am currently gainly employed by a large tech company who pays me too well for me to consider leaving. Also, I don't need to work at 52 startups; That would be really crazy.

So, why I am posting these ideas? Because I hope someone else will like at least some of the ideas and work on them. If you do like one of these ideas (and ask me very nicely) I may take down the idea for a while for you to work on it.

Also, something you might notice in my idea are few common themes:
1) Computer vision - a hobby and interest of mine.
2) Economic value - something that's greatly overlooked in a surprising number of businesses.
3) Sustainability - another interest of mine and something that I think will continue to increase in importance.
4) Business models - every idea will come with a way that it will generate revenue.

Something you won't find is re-hashed versions of other ideas. Frankly, the world has enough social networks, photo sharing, and photo filtering apps. I don't need to add to that steaming pile.